Prof. Graeme Wilkinson

Vice-Chancellor of Sunway University

Professor Graeme Wilkinson is Vice-Chancellor of Sunway University, Malaysia. He is a physics graduate of Imperial College London and holds a doctorate from Oxford University in the field of satellite Earth observation technology.

In his early career he taught computer science at Kingston University, London, and at University College London. He subsequently joined the European Union’s Joint Research Centre at Ispra in Italy undertaking research on satellite remote sensing. He then returned to the UK and held senior posts in several universities with a focus on widening participation in higher education. He was Head of the School of Computing and Information Systems at Kingston University, Dean of the Faculty of Technology at the University of Lincoln, and Pro Vice-Chancellor for Academic Affairs at Glyndwr University.

He is a chartered physicist and a chartered IT professional. He is also a Fellow of the British Computer Society and of the Royal Society of Arts. He has been with Sunway University since July 2012.